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British indie-crooners The Beautiful South once sung that Rotterdam is like anywhere, suggesting the city lacked any outstanding attributes. Architecturally, they were pretty much bang on. Having been raised to the ground during World War II, Rotterdam’s become a mish-mash of assorted styles, with a postmodern disregard for tradition, and all constructed around Europe’s biggest and busiest port.

Rotterdam is mostly known for its harbour which is the largest port in Europe (used to be the largest in the world), and has been awarded best port in the world many times. Rotterdam is also known for its skyline. In World War II, large parts of Rotterdam have been destroyed during never ending bombing raids by the germans. The city has been rebuilt though not to its former glory but in an innovative modern style. The many glass and steel high-rises give Rotterdam its nickname: Manhattan by the Maas.

There’s plenty in the way of museums to check out, too, with city-center buildings dedicated to everything from photography to the boats of Rotterdam’s impressive array of canals to drift around and learn about. What blows most visitors away, though, is the nightlife. Famous for it’s own gritty, intense form of techno that was often simply a stab at bitter rivals Amsterdam, Rotterdam venues like beat-heavy Off_Corso or the glossy new Luxor Theatre entertainment center startle in with their hefty bass.

Rotterdam has its own airport and is easily reachable by car and by train. The city has direct train connections with The Hague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Brussels and Paris. Public transit in Rotterdam are the tram, the metro, the bus and the train.

The famous "De Kuip" stadium of football club Feyenoord (14 times Dutch champion, European and World Champion in 1970) dating from 1935 is often considered as the most beautiful football stadium of The Netherlands.

You certainly won’t find a typical side of Holland here, Rotterdam is a gritty, down to earth city prone to going its own way, yet managing to be up-to-the-minute modern. Getting stuck in the unpredictable architecture, plentiful festivals and high-end shopping and it won’t take long before you realize that Rotterdam is far from just anywhere.

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Rotterdam Travel Blogs

Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mar 09, 2007 – Sep 19, 2008
On a nice sunny day, just 2 days before autumn would officially begin, I went to the zoo in Rotterdam, called Diergaarde Blijdorp. I went with my mom and dad, since they hadn't been to this zoo in a long time as well as me. The last time we were there was about 10 years ago, because of my…
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My Parents 1st trip to The Netherlands
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Feb 28, 2009 – Oct 22, 2009
Today is Pinkstermaandag, a national holiday in The Netherlands. (Whit Monday as is it known in UK although it is not a national/bank holiday there). We had done a lot of walking and trekking about over the weekend which really took it out of us in this blistering heat, so my parents decided they w…
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Valkenburg and Rotterdam: Rotterdam Travel Photos
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Mar 10, 2008
I spended the week end with travbuddys 'bennie' and 'ket.'
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